Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

* 2 2 6 0 4 3 3 8 4 8 *

FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH 0500/11

Paper 1 Reading Passage (Core) May/June 2014
1 hour 45 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.

DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions in the space provided. If additional space is required, you should use the lined pages at
the end of this booklet. The question number(s) must be clearly shown.

Dictionaries are not permitted.

The Reading Booklet Insert contains the reading passage for use with all questions on this Question Paper.
The Insert is not assessed by the Examiner.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

This document consists of 9 printed pages, 3 blank pages and 1 Reading Booklet Insert.

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Read carefully the passage Russia’s Far East in the Reading Booklet Insert, and then answer all
the questions on this Question Paper.

Question 1

(a) From paragraph one (Alexey, our park ranger…), give two reasons why the writer and his
companions were in danger from the bear.

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(b) What is surprising about the way that the ‘intruders’ reacted when the mother bear stared
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(c) Why is it difficult to gather information about the size of the bear population in Kamchatka
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(d) Using your own words, explain the reactions of the birdwatchers when they saw the sea
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(e) (i) Give one fact about Mount Koryaksky from the final paragraph.

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(f) By referring to the whole passage, give two ways in which the ranger and the visitors are
protected against bears.

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(g) Using your own words, explain what the writer means by the words in italics in the following
phrases:

(i) ‘I was probably overdue for a mauling ’ (lines 14–15)

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(ii) ‘the terrain is so impenetrable ’ (line 33)

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(iii) ‘looks positively menacing ’ (line 39)

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(h) Re-read paragraphs one to five (Alexey, our park ranger… to …Sideways?).

The writer uses the following phrases to describe the behaviour of the bears.

Choose three of the following phrases and then explain how each one of them helps you to
gain an impression of the bears’ behaviour:

• ‘gorging themselves on salmon’ (line 4)

• ‘strolling along the perimeter’ (lines 23–24)
• ‘barged their way through crystal-clear rivers’ (lines 24–25)
• ‘lumbered out from behind a bush’ (lines 27–28).

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(i) Re-read paragraph three (The Kamchatka Peninsula…) to the end of the passage.

Write a summary of what you learn about the geographical features of Kamchatka.

Write a paragraph of about 50–70 words.

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Question 2

Imagine that you are the writer of the passage. On your return you have been invited to give a talk to
the senior pupils of your school about your trip to Kamchatka.

Write the words of your talk.

In your talk include:

• what you did there

• why you found it to be such a good experience
• what you have learned about the need to maintain remote wildlife habitats.

You should base your ideas on what you have read in the passage, but do not copy from it. Address
each of the three bullet points.

Write between 1 and 1½ sides, allowing for the size of your handwriting.

Up to 10 marks are available for the content of your answer, and up to 10 marks for the quality
of your writing.

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Copyright Acknowledgements:

Reading Passage 1 © Barry Stone; Russia’s Last Frontier; DestinAsian Magazine; February 2012.

Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.

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